Commencement

With North Korea's announcement on the 26th of its nuclear development plan based upon the agreement stemming from the Six Party Talks, and the United States' commencement of procedures to remove North Korea from its designation on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the families of abductees have expressed growing unease that it may constitute an abandonment of the abductee issue.

Commencement is typically the first or second Saturday in April.

Tom gave the commencement address.

This event, also called commencement, is where schools recognize the students who successfully completed their degree programs.

The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.

Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants.

Commencement of a two-hourly service pattern by GWR marked the return of regular services to Okehampton for the first time since their withdrawal in 1972. There are plans to extend this to hourly.